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R. OTTEN'.

BOTTLING MACHINE.

Patented Jam. 31, 1882.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 252,894, dated January 31, 1882.

Application tiled May 251881. (No model.)

To atl whom 'it may concern Be it known that I, RICHARD rrnN ,of Chicago, in the county ot' Cook and State ot' Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottling-Machines, of which the followlng, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

My invention relates to the construction ot',

`the plunger; and it consists in certain novel ble, as shown.

features otconstruction employed for adapting the plunger for engaging the loop or eye of iuternal bottle-Stoppers, as will hereinafter more l`ully appear.`

A is the bench or table, and B is its supporting-frame.

C is a treadle.

D D are'hollow posts o1' standards'on the table A.

E and E are cross bars, and F F are rods passing freely through the posts D I) and through the table, and connecting the bars E and IQ firmly together, the lat-ter of the said bars being below and the former above the ta- The bar E may also be termed a cross-head.

G Gr are closed spiral springs depend ing from the under side of the table, and connected at their lower ends to the bar E. n

H isa eonnecting'iod, hinged to the treadle and to the bar E.

I is thevlling head or cylinder, supported in the cross head or bar E. be made and applied in any well-known or suitable way. l

'J is the plunger, which passes freely through the head orcylinder'l, as is clearly indicated -in Fig. 2.

K is a dog, hinged to the lower end of the plunger, and so supported as to be incapable ot' dropping below or out-ot1 a horizontal position, but capable of being swung to a vertical position. To support the dog K in this manner, and admit of its being swung to a verrlhe filling-head may tical position, I deem it .best to slot the lower end of the plunger, as shown at a, and to arrange the dog` in the said slot and to retain it there by means ot" a pin, of, passing freely through the dog, as is clearly indicated in Figs. 3 and 4; but, as the manner of connecting the ,dog to the plunger may be varied without altering the result desired, I do not here intend `to restrict myself to the precise way herein shown and described of hinging the dog to the plunger. The outer end or peint ot the dog should, hy preference, stand a very little Way above the remaining part when the dog rests in its horizontal position. I also deem it best to bevel the lower edge ofthe dog and the lower end of the plunger, substantially as shown; butitis not absolutely essential that these parts should be so beveled. To prevent leakage 'the plunger should either pass through a small chamber containing stut'ng, as shown atb, or be packed by means of leather or other suitable material applied directly upon the plu nger. It' any suit-able handle-L, for example-be ap'- plied to the plunger, it will render it capable which it is intended, but as machines for lling bottles withgaseous liquors are commonly provided with a lever for working the plunger, I have also shown the plunger connected to such a lever, as will be observed by rel'erring to Fig. 1, in which M represents the lever referred to, and N an arm applied to the head or cylinder I, and connected to the said lever by means of a vibrating arm, O. A

Pis a nut for securing the arm N to the head I, and Q is a screw-cap for the stuffing box or chamber.

S is a forked head run upon the upperend ofthe plunger, and jointed to the lever M.

T is a bottle, and U is an internal bottlestopper having a loop-shaped stem, V.

The operation of the machine lis as follows: The bottle to be tilled is placed upon the table or bench, as indicated in Fig. 1. The treadle is then depressed, and this act brings the tilling head or cylinder down upon the bottle, as shown in Fig.' 2, the stopper being left open. The bottle is then tilled in the usual manner. After the bottle has been filled the plungeris pushed downward. As the plunger descends, the lower edge ofthe dog K strikes the upper of being used with facility for the purpose -for IOO end of the loop V and is swung or tilted upward into the slot a, sind there held by its con tact with the loop until the plunger passes down far enough to carry the dog below the upper end of the loop, when the dog falls out into a horizontal position and is ready to engage the loop when the plunger is dra-wn up. VIt' the plunger be now drawn up, the stopper will be drawn to its closed position and Will be there held either automatically or by the gas in the bottle. If the plunger be again pushed down a little way and the treadle released, the bottie may be removed. A spring may he employed. it' deemed best, to aid the dog in falling to its horizontal position; but'thejar consequent upon working the machine will under ordinurvsv circumstances render such :t spring unnecessary, especiell)- if the dog is pivoted off its center of gravity in thermanner shown.

I do not here claim as my invention any features ofconstruction not relating tothe plunger and its pivoted dog; but,

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with the filling-head ofa bottling-machine, of a stopper-closing plunger having on its lower end a pivotcd dog, adapted to operate substantially as and for the purposes specified.

RICHARD OTTEN.

Witnesses F. WARNER, H. FRANKFURTER. 

